FormBuilder roadmap

We’ve come a long way since launching Business Connect in 2019, and we have ambitious plans for the next couple of years.

(external link)Faster onboarding

• 2019: 20 weeks to onboard an agency  
• 2025: down to 10 weeks  
• 2027 goal: all central agencies and crown entities onboarded.

(external link)Rapid form publishing

• 2019: 12 weeks to publish a form  
• 2025: just 1 week to publish
• 2027 goal: same-day publishing.

(external link)Scaling up delivery

• 2019: 10 forms/year  
• 2025: 300 forms/year  
• 2027 goal: 2,500 forms/year.

(external link)Empowering users

• 2019: developers built every form  
• 2025: users can build their own forms 
• 2027 goal: 2,000 user-built forms.

We’re making it faster and easier for government to get online services up and running. The momentum’s building — and we’re excited about what’s next.

(external link)Features roadmap – November 2025 to January 2026 

This features roadmap will be updated as we identify new opportunities.

Completed:

• modern date picker
• copy existing component
• add component enhancements including preview and description for form components
• clearer editing with accurate titles
• live preview of ‘What happens next’
• PDF component improvements
• better accessibility
• rearranging fields in applicant details
• New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) search results
• versioning for exported forms
• design for advanced logic and new edit dialogue.

Under development:

• save and resume for unauthenticated users
• FormBuilder advanced logic
• new edit user interface for all components
• NZBN pre-population for unauthenticated users
• versioning
• advanced calculations including formulas.

On the radar:

• multi-page forms for unauthenticated users
• forms for users other than businesses
• embeddable forms
• a government app to save and manage forms behind a login
• Quickpay integration
• Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) form submissions
• collaborate with colleagues
• service analytics.